Question

If you have 16 action figures. Can you put an equal number of figures on 3 shelves Explain

Answer 1

No, because 16/3 (16 divided by 3) equals 5.3 and you can’t have 0.3 of an action figure on a shelf because you wouldn’t cut your action figure

Answer 2

We cannot put an equal number of figures on 3 shelves.

Explanation:

We have been given that you have 16 action figures. We are asked to determine whether it is possible to an equal number of figures on 3 shelves.

Factors of 16: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16.

We know that 16 is not completely divisible by 3 as 3 is not a factor of 16. Therefore, we cannot put an equal number of figures on 3 shelves.